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Boris Johnson’s former spin doctor hits out at Tory plans to silence journalists
The proposals are disproportionate, oppressive, and deeply harmful to democracy and the public’s right to know, says James Slack.
Why the Right are wrong about the cost of carbon net zero
The short term costs of reducing carbon emissions to net zero are high, but the alternative will cost us more.
Are the days of the right-wing’s culture war numbered?
‘76% of people ‘didn’t know’ what politicians meant when they talked about a ‘culture war’.
Why constitutional reforms ought to be the centrepiece of the next general election campaign
‘There is no charter of people’s rights and parliament is weak and unable to hold government to account.’
Tory climate minister accused of hypocrisy after travelling to 30 countries in 7 months without isolating
‘One rule for them, another for us’.
Backlash continues over Boris Johnson’s ‘unbelievably crass’ joke about Thatcher closing coal mines
‘These are shameful comments from Boris Johnson, and reveal the Conservative party’s utter disregard for the communities still scarred by Thatcher’s closure of the mines’
Government urged to cancel ‘discriminatory’ mass deportation flight to Jamaica that will ‘tear people away from their families’
Human rights group Liberty has described the deportation flights as ‘cruel’.
Institute of Economic Affairs accused of ‘new kind of climate denialism’ after ‘rubbishing net-zero targets’
The IEA has rejected climate change targets as ‘arbitrary’.
The 2011 riots ten years on: Four myths and the realities
‘It’s important to reflect on what happened and how it happened. This is especially so, given the myths that surrounded these events. These are the same myths that surround all waves of riots.’
Scottish Tories mocked over mooted SNP-Green deal, as power-sharing talks progress
“I’d be disturbed if the Tories *weren’t* worried about the growing influence of Green politics,” the Greens’ co-leader said.